good morning. to our viewers in the west, it is tuesday april 17th, 2012. welcome to studio 57 at the cbs broadcast center. i'm charlie rose. we let the boss down. that's what is being said about the growing secret service scandal. we'll talk about a former agent. >> apple stock takes a dive. it could have a major impact on your retirement. more so than other companies. >> and i'm gayle king. we'll go to london where there are calls to help pippa. >> first, as we do every morning, we begin with a look at today's eye opener, your world

in 90 seconds. >> we are embarrassed. we let the boss down. >> top brass take the heat as the secret service sex scandal grows. >> the expanding investigation now involves more than 20 people, 11 secret service men, 10 department of defense personnel. >> i've got a code, uh-oh. >> the incident came to life after an agent allegedly argue with a prostitute over money. >> not only do we owe billions to china, we owe $47 to a colombian prostitute. >> did you approve the funding? >> i respectfully decline to answer based on my fifth amendment right. >> it's not your money. >> the first gallup polls shows

romney with a slight edge over president obama. >> start packing. >> a sunsation al view of the sun. >> and the first male cheer leader. the only guy who tried to make the squad. bless his heart. >> and a man brandished a plastic gun while driving middleton. >> i hear you have a good prom picture. >> that slit was a little high. >> ooh, that dog went right into the car. >> that dog is hungry. >> it's a failure. >> what are you doing? >> why did we know we were on the air? >> now you're blaming me? >> on cbs this morning. >> tupac appeared on stage using hologram technology.

>> it's the same technology used to make it seem like steven tyler of aerosmith has been alive. >> the top man in uniform says he's very disturbed of reports of a sex crimes. >> bill plante is at the white house with more. good morning. >> good morning and good morning it our viewers in the west. the fallout just keeps coming. the embarrassment over u.s. security personnel partying with prostitutes in colombia prior to the president's visit last week. cbs news has learned the number of military personnel involved has doubled to at least ten, including one from every branch of the services. the service members were sent back to the u.s. on monday. the chairman of the joint chiefs of staff martin dempsey says he's embarrassed by what occurred, even though he's not sure yet exactly what it was.

>> we let the boss down because nobody is talking about what went on in colombia other than this incident. >> members of the armed services provide communications, transport and other services on all presidential trips. their boss, secretary leon panetta, did not mince words. >> whether these individual were in colombia or any country, we expect them to abide by the highest standard of behavior. that's a require. >> there were 11 members of the secret service recalled last week from colombia after u.s. officials learned of a night of heavy drinking and ka vorting with prostitutes. according to t"the washington pos post", agents picked up at least two women from a strip club. one demanded an additional $170, which set off a noisy argument. they have now had their security

clearances revoked and have been barred from all secret service facilities. it would have the team were supervisors and several were members of the counterassault team. the elite unit whose job it is to hold off an attack on the president. cbs news was told secret service director mark sullivan was outraged and ordered the team out of colombia before the president arrived. monday sullivan sent this memo obtained by cbs news to all secret service offices worldwide. he called the incident embarrassing and wrote, it is my hope each of us will be steadfast in our efforts to ensure that our performance and behavior mirror the oath we are sworn to uphold. the. >> the white house would rather have had the meeting over the weekend. as one official noted philosophical philosophically, at any given moment someone in the government is always doing something stupid. charlie?

>> bill plante at the without. with us a former secret service agent on the president protection detail, now the republican candidate for the united states senate in maryland. welcome. >> thank you. what do former agents and you who know some of these people think about this? what is your assessment? >> where do we start? disgust, embarrassment. it's a very small fromaternity secret service agents. the fbi has 30,000 agents, we have roughly 3,000, 4,000. in 150 years, this is probably the most embarrassing episode we've had to suffer through. >> you know some these people directly involved. you have spoken to them? have they given you any more information about what they were thinking >> yeah. unfortunately they weren't thinking. it was an awful decision. the only thing we can take from this is nobody, and i mean nobody is trying to paint this with any kind of -- put lipstick on this at all.

they're all saying embarrassing, disgusted, embarrassed the president, we let the boss down, which as general dempsey said is an adequate term. >> it's hard to imagine this is first time something like this has taken place. do you believe this has not happened before and this was a one of a kind occasion? >> having done foreign lead advances for the president where i was in charge, it was my visit, i've never seen it personally. has it happened before? i'm sure it has. is it endemic to the entire agency? no. this is not my experience with the secret service at all. i know guys have sacrificed their entire lives for this job, missed birthdays, communions. i missed three of my daughters first birthday parties. i'm not asking for sympathy. it's a job we do proudly. this is going to tarnish the secret service image. >> what might have been going through their mind this time? >> you're in an area that's

known for its night life. they may have went down there for a couple of guy who is said, hey, this is going to be fun, there's exponential growth and excitement happens, it's terrible. there was no squaring this circle. it was just a series of terrible, awful decisions that have really tarnished the president, the secret service. >> involved. >> everyone agrees with that as you said. talk to us about the potential for compromising the president's safety, the potential for compromising security in general by bringing someone into a secure area. >> it doesn't appear this happened on this trip but you're not inaccurate. i think that's what's really bothering the secret service. their mission is to protect the life of the president of the united states. that's the most important mission in government right now. the fact that that could have happened that is correct someone could have gotten look at a paper work in a hotel room, that's paramount in their minds right now and that's why they're so upset about this. >> so what should happen to

these agents? >> i think the ones that were potentially involved may face termination, some suspensions. either way i think the penalty will be harsh and i think a statement will be made and you'll see dramatic rule services in the secret service. >> and change the way they do business? >> absolutely. >> thank you, daniel. >> we have a fresh look at the head-to-head matchup between president obama and mitt romney. the gallup poll shows romney leading 47% to 45%. romney backed away from comments where he was overheard saying he might get rid of the department of housing and urban development and the education department. romney says he's know proposing anything like that. >> on capitol hill this morning, it's day two of hearings on an extravagant government conference in las vegas. >> on monday a house committee heard from officials accused of wasting taxpayer money on fancy meals and over-the-top entertainment.

nancy is on capitol hill. good morning. >> good morning. what we learned on day one was this was not an isolated case of overspending at the gsa, which manages federal buildings. prior conferences stretching all the way back to 2006 were nearly as expensive. all this at the agency that's supposed to set the standard for the rest of government. in las vegas in 2010, jeff neeley bragged about a conference he called over the top that cost taxpayers $822,000. >> what's done in vegas needs to be shared with everybody. >> but on capitol hill the san francisco based gsa official was far less forthcoming. >> mr. chairman on the advice of counsel i respectfully decline to answer. i respectfully decline to answer. >> e-mails show he planned lavish party and invited friends to stay at the hotel at taxpayer

expense. pictures show him enjoying one of a half a dozen scouting trips to vegas in the months before the conference. >> why is he still an employee? what does it take to be fired from the gas? >> it's so easy to spend somebody else's money, especially when you're not held accountable. it ridiculous that the american people have to sit back and watch this! >> the overspending was apparently so rampant gsa employees made videos mocking it. >> the hotel would like to talk to you about paying for the party that was held in the commissioner's suite last night. >> the officials who made that joke apologized at the hearing. >> there were things that seemed over the top but i believed they were not being paid for with government funds. >> gsa administrator martha johnson stepped down two weeks ago when the excesses came to light. she said she was trying to impose stricter spending limits

at the agency but gave neeley a $9,000 bonus last year even as he was being investigated. >> as the head of the agency i'm responsible. i will mourn for the rest of my life the loss of my appointment. >> the inspector general believes the behavior he uncovers goes beyond inpropriety, could be criminal. he wants the department of justice to investigate possible bribes and kickbacks and the new administrator of the gsa says he's already cancelled 35 upcoming conferences at a savings at nearly a million dollars. >> thank you very much. tomorrow i'll talk with house speaker john boehner only on "cbs this morning." >> it's time to move on to a very important terror trial. on monday a prosecutor told jurors in september 2009 three men were just days away from carrying out suicide attacks in the new york city subway. >> one of the men is on trial and the other two or testifying against him.

senior correspondent john miller is here. this is being called the most significant plot on u.s. soil since 9/11. >> i would agree with that. this was the plot that almost happened. we talk about these plots all the time. usually they're undercover sting operations, the fbi has all the controlling features, they make the bombs, record the meetings. in this case this found out 24 hours before hand that this man got in his car with explosive components and headed for new york to targets in the new york city subway system. >> it's fascinating, too, the way all of this was put together. the guy rent as car but then booked a flight home from new york and that was what triggered the light bulb essentially. >> we knew he was in contact with al qaeda. i was in the fbi at the time following this minute by minute. when he rented that car to drive to new york and booked a flight back, the first thing we said

was what does he have in that car that he's bringing to new york that he can't put on a plane to get there and literally followed him with surveillance teams from denver to new york, targets they looked at, the stock exchange, grand central but they centered on the new york subway system. >> what's interesting about this is we have all wondered since 9/11 why they've been setting up attacks, especially in places like this? they've been tried and thwarted? >> that's right. this would have been that. >> this morning a man who admitted killing 77 people is defending the massacre. he said he acted out of goodness, not evil and would have done it again. survivors of the rampage are also telling their stories. >> a recorded phone call considered to harrowing to be

released to the public was played at the trial, where this woman hid in a bathroom to place a phone call and whispered "he's coming, he's come beiing." when she emerged, they were dead. the accused cleared up when the court played a video he posted on youtube. >> to me the video was nothing but the world's most boring power point presentation. >> in court he said he acted out of goodness, not evil and called his actions the most spectacular political attack by a nationalist sense world war ii. his lawyers will try to prove that he is not criminally insane. in norway the maximum sentence is 21 years, but if he's found

insane, he can be held for life as long as he's considered a menace to society. for "cbs this morning," michelle miller, new york. >> on wall street something very unusual has been happening. apple stock price has fallen every day for the past week. >> that is causing some concern in the markets. rebecca jarvis is here this morning to put this in perspective for us. >> good morning. we absolutely do care. it's important to note apple is still going gang busters by most standards. the past few days have shown investors how big an influence the maker of ipads has on investor savings. apple's shares fell more than 4% yesterday, the biggest slide in six months. the selloff was bad news for the market overall. >> if the stock price craters, it would have a big impact on

the s&p 500. with apple down sharply, the s&p was down. apple's drop is rattling more than just markets. it could be rattling your savings. >> people have substantial exposure to apple shares. >> the country's biggest mutual fund, fidelity contra fund has more than 9% of its investment in apple stocks and three of apple's biggest shareholders are retirement funds. >> rebecca jarvis, welcome.

>> thank you. >> so what? >> so what. in good times, times were great for everyone's savings accounts and portfolios and retirement but in bad times we saw that power take out literally hundreds of billions? savings and retirement. >> i repeat, so what? should something be done? do we need regulation on how much of a particular stock can be held in a particular portfolio? >> well, there is rebalancing going on right now and we could see some of that impact apple. some of these mega funds as more and more people pay attention to them are recognizing that if apple continues to be weighted so highly in people's retirement savings and like i said in the package, people probably own apple if they own an index fund that owns stocks. so as that happens and as the market impact is seen throughout portfolios, there's going to be likely calls to pull some of this out of retirement savings. >> thank you. time now to show you some of

this morning's headlines from around the globe. "the washington post" reports that flawed forensic work may have led to the convictions of hundreds of innocent people. a justice department review of cases going back to the 1990s shows examiners at the fbi lab did sloppy work. >> "britain's telegraph" has a promising treatment for prostate cancer. in preliminary trials nine out of ten patients are cancer free one year after treatment. so far to apparent side effects. >> and land lines may no longer being available in some areas. more states are passing lawsnding requirements that phone companies provide land line service to everyone. indiana and wisconsin are the most recent states to end the require pe requirement. >> in boston 2,100 runners were treated for dehydration, heat

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pipa middleton's wild ride in paris. is this an issue for the royal family even if she's just an inlaw? >> and the shuttle discovery leads earth for the last time on the back of a 747. we'll showed you where the oldest space shuttle is going. you're watching "cbs this morning."

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from the late night shows. >> i can't wait. >> we have the latest on photos of pippa middleton, apparently riding with somebody with a gun. it is becoming a big distraction for the royal family. >> the pippa story is all over the british tabloids. "will pippa face jail" says one. you put a royal and paparazzi photographer in the same sentence and people will pay attention. the royal relative is pippa middleton, kate's luscious sister. the incident took place in paris. luckily this time the picture was not what it seemed. a series of pictures taken in paris of pippa middletown, one

who appears to take out a gun and point it at the photographer. it would be a serious matter in the country where brandishing a weapon is illegal. it would certainly raise the tension between celebrities and the pursuing paparazzi to a new level. but in fact, according to the french celebrity magazine "gala", the photographer involved knew the gun was plastic, a kind of joke that he was in on. no harm done or was it? pippa is not a royal herself but being kate's sister and how should we put this, photogenic, she's been a star since the wedding where she wore that dress. since then she's become one of the world's prime paparazzi targets. she can't help it if her picture sells magazines. but being connected with the royals is not a joke. >> certainly her sister kate will be saying pippa, this is idiotic and i'm sure mrs. middleton will be very displeased with her daughter for

bringing the royal family into potential disrepute. >> for one thing a stunt like this one in paris causes people to recall other royal gaffs, prince harry as a nazi at a costume party in his young are days are fergie trying to sell access to her ex-husband prince andrew. it's not good. there's no indication the french authorities are contemplating any legal action against pippa. as for reaction from the royals, they're trying to run as far away from the story as they possibly can. pippa's not a royal, they say, we're not responsible for her actions. they've even refused to have us report this story from buckingham palace, as we normally would, which is why i'm speaking to you from here, not there. you'd have to say this has touched a nerve. >> did you really just call pippa luscious earlier, mark? >> i call 'em like i see 'em. >> and so will tina brown. thank you, mark. editor and chief of "the daily beast" and "newsweek."

she is also author of the diana chronicles, which is about princess diana. what's your take away on the story of pippa? >> the middletons so far what been the most unembarrassing family could you imagine. compared to the queen's own family when you consider what went on with fergie and diana and harry and the whole thing she's been through, finally the middletons arrive, they are flawless, kate is flawless and now pippa is suddenly causing a little bit of embarrass. they have to recognize she is part of the royal family. they cannot do this thing that they tend to do, she's not really part of our family, she's just a distant relation. she's not. she's in it. she's there. she's going to be having to given protection, tutelage, pr spin. they're going to have to take her in and make her one of them. >> but kate and her prince, they're doing just fine as you

point out. >> they're incredible. the amazing thing about kate is aside from once when she did a little bit of a fall in rollerskates in a short skirt like six years ago, this girl hats been unbelievable. she should be running for the gop nomination. she is a girl with absolutely no history. >> she's flawless. what do you think the conversation is morning at the palace? you say they really need to take on pippa in some way and recognize the fact that whether they like it or not, she's part it have. >> i think pippa went from being a person to a problem. she's now the pippa problem. the big fear is the jubilee that was about to happen is going to become a referendum on pippa 's derrier. that pippa's friends are so

silly, that's one of the things they have to deal with. >> is this a time in which the royal family is doing well and everybody's happy about them for the most part? >> the royal has been incredibly refurbished by kate and in a as soon as by pippa. >> she's brought in a fair amount of interest. >> it's always great to have that crazy sibling, don't forget queen margaret, beautiful, having divorces. there's always a sibling. harry has been the naughty one compared to william. so in some ways it kind of a fun distraction to have pippa off there while kate is flawless. as long as he doesn't do dumb things like she did in paris. >> is the conventional wisdom she will die as queen and never give it up for her son? >> she'll never get it up.

when see said "all the days of my life" when she was crowned, she believes it's a vow. and she's a monarch. she dies a monarch. she diamond jubilee will be in june. >> one quick point. politico and huffington post, you run "the daily beast," online won two pulitzer prizes, which says something about online arriving. >> i think it's a great acknowledgement that so much terrific work is done online. there are levels of roeporting now, we have the same standard i used to use at the "new yorker" in judging a piece. it's an acknowledgement there is this coming of age now. >> the shuttle discovery is

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this is cocoa beach, florida where people gathered at sunrise this morning to watch space shuttle discovery's final mission. after 39 trips in space, nasa's oldest surviving shuttle is settling into its retirement home. >> that will be smithsonian institution's facility at dulles airport. >> for security reasons nasa is not releasing the precise path of difficult discovery but sometime after 10 a.m. eastern time, it will pass over those trees behind me for its final landing at dulles airport. this morning the shuttle hitched a ride from the kennedy space

center, mounted atop a 747. it will soar 1,500 feet over the nation's capital, gliding over the potomac river before touching down at dulles airport where staff will be waiting. >> people get emotional over the shuttle. you bet we do. >> one and liftoff of the space shuttle discovery with the hubbell space telescope. >> hubbell opened a totally new world, a totally new understanding of our universe. >> it's been 27 years of spectacular discoveries and nearly 143 million miles, carrying more crew members into space than any other shuttle. now the shuttle will remain grounded at the smithsonian. science teacher becky mcgavin

was teaching about the shuttle's legacy in maryland. she let us quiz the class. they made their interest clear. how many of you are disappointed the shuttle program is ending? despite the end of the shuttle era, the students hope someplace exploration will go on in a new direction. >> i'm really interested in like the thought of like other galaxies and what's beyond even our solar system. i think that's really cool. >> i pretty sure going into space will teach us more. >> so this is no time to stop. >> exactly. >> charlie and erika, as you mentioned, discovery did one last flyover along what is known as the space coast down there in florida on its way here to the dulles airport. i was down there the last couple of days and there is a tremendous amount of sadness that this program is now

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here's how possibly overexcited the republicans actually got. >> my career choice was to be a mother, and i think all of us need to know that we need to respect choices that women make. [ laughter ] >> are you not entertained? [ cheers and applause ] hilary rosen just made the republican party pro-choice! cats and dogs, black and white, [ bleep ] out of my mouth! i don't know what's going on. >> jon stewart always puts a unique perspective on things. it's 8:00. welcome back to "cbs this morning." i'm gayle king. >> and i'm charlie rose with erica hill. mitt romney's now almost certain to be the republican presidential nominee, but there are still a lot of questions about who he really is.

>> romney supporters are trying to help flesh out the former massachusetts governor's public image. arma kitaen has been looking into that. good morning. >> good morning. mitt romney said he was having the time of his life running for president, but as he marches ever closer to the republican nomination for president, the question who's the real mitt romney has begun, shall we say, to take root. to his detractors, mitt romney is seen as a plastic man, the perfectly starch symbol of the 1%. >> corporations are people, my friend. >> reporter: on the campaign trail, he's often played into that portrait. >> ann drives a couple of cadillacs, actually. >> reporter: opening the door for opponents to charge he's incapable of connecting with average americans. >> i think governor romney's a little out of touch. >> reporter: in response, the campaign is working hard to highlight a more personal side. just yesterday, it released this video. >> life is all about the people you love. >> reporter: and now, independent of the campaign, the author of a new chapter in this

book adds fresh color, featured rare interviews with former business partners and a story based on the stump of a tree. that story begins in the aftermath of the wildfires that engulfed san diego in the fall of 2007, consuming dozens of homes in reid fisher's neighborhood and nearly his own. >> the fire did burn across what was a fence right here. >> reporter: while the house was being repaired, fisher got a call from a fellow mormon, one of his son's friends, offering help. it was matt romney, one of mitt's five sons. and what is he saying to you? >> we'd like to come and do something. and i said to matt, i wish you could, but most everything's been cleaned up. but he pressed me, and so, i said well, there is a big tree stump in the front yard. they took the tree down. the tree was torched in the fire. the stump was still there. so, matt insisted, he said we'd just like to bring a couple of guys and do some service at your house. >> reporter: on that day, reid said he ran out to get breakfast for the volunteers only to

discover -- >> there were four men working and one of them was running for president of the united states of america. >> reporter: that man was romney. when his son son told him about the service project, he had asked if he could help. >> he had dirt under his fingernails. oh, he's the first one down in the hole. he's the first one with the power saw. you know, he's doing the hardest work of any of us. >> reporter: and as fisher made clear, not a single reporter was in sight. >> this wasn't a publicity event. in fact, when they grew up as boys, there were occasions when their dad would get them up and they would go do a service project for someone. >> he has a very good heart, a very understanding, very loving heart. >> reporter: dave is a former ceo of madison square garden, a powerful leader in the mormon church. he's known romney since the 1980s when he was hired by him at the consulting firm bain & company. he says romney's reluctance to tout his good works comes from

the root teachings of the church. >> he hasn't spoken about it because it then comes across that you're somehow trying to use that to create an advantage for yourself, and nothing could be further from the truth. >> reporter: more revealing reporting in the book enters around the near collapse of bain & company in 1991 and showcases romney's management style. >> his ego is not so large that he thinks he has all of the answers. so, he was very careful to listen to those around him, to enlist their help, and then to make them part of the solution. >> another powerful story deals with a time in 1996 when the 14-year-old daughter of a bain partner disappeared after a party. when romney found out, he shut down the boston office, set up a command center in new york city, mobilized wall street and enlisted the help of local tv stations, leading to the discovery of the girl. it's a story he's only recently begun to talk about on the campaign trail. >> also new this morning, author

jeff benedict, his book "the mormon way of doing business" was mentioned in armen's story. welcome. >> good morning. >> so, what's the point here? the point is that, it seems to me, there are a lot of interesting aspects and good stories about mitt romney that have not yet come out. this is a man who's been on the campaign trail since he's ran in 2008. >> it's amazing that these stories haven't come out, because the big question that's been there forever is who is he? what's behind the front? and these stories showcase what mitt romney's really about. i mean, a guy who takes six hours off on the campaign trail to dig out someone's stump, a man he doesn't even know and has never met, probably will never see again. gets dirty, gets sweaty and there are no reporters there. >> what's interesting about this is that the critical comment about mitt romney has been that he doesn't seem authentic and he's not comfortable with his own story. so, this goes right to the heart of that. >> and i think he actually is real comfortable with his own story. the thing is, he just doesn't tell that story very often.

these incidents are really good portals into what this guy's really about when he's not in front of a camera. what does this guy -- i think you learn a lot about a man when you say what is he doing when no one's looking and he doesn't have to do anything? what does he do with his time? what this guy usually does with his time is serving people, and he's been doing that long before he was a candidate. >> that's what i think is missing, what people don't understand. i met mitt romney years ago when a couple i know lost their child in a plane crash and mitt romney was there and he was so touching and so kind. i saw susan st. james recently and said, do you remember that? i said why don't people ever get to see that side and understand, that's the type of guy mitt romney is, a guy who's there to help his friends who doesn't ask for a lot of fanfare. it's interesting, in your report, you said that he thinks talking about it is a way of bragging, but maybe we do need to brag a little bit. >> well, that's part of mormonism, and i think, you know -- >> not to toot your own horn? >> well, you talk from, you

know, boyhood, that you perform acts of service and you're given a lot of opportunities in the mormon church to do it. but at the same time, you're told you don't go out and toot your own horn. you're not doing these things for publicity or a pat on the back. and mitt's been doing this his whole life, and i think there's a little bit of tension there between all these things that he's done his whole life. you know, do you want to stand up now on the campaign trail and do this? and i think that he doesn't. >> how well do you know the candidate? >> how well do i know him? i know the family pretty well. i've been in his house and i'm good friends with one of his sons, really good friends. we're pretty close. so i've known them for years. and it's not often that you know someone who's running for president. and you see him in a little different way than when they're on the campaign trail. >> are you supporting him? >> i am. >> you know what's interesting, too, just in talking to dave chekitz, guys like him and in your book are now speaking on behalf of mitt, because i think they feel the tide needs to turn a bit in this direction in terms

of the person he is. and chekitz knows everybody, politicians, presidents, commissioners like david stern. he told me yesterday that mitt romney's one of the five smartest people he's met in his life. >> that's saying something with all the people he knows. why, jeff, is it a negative if you're wealthy? what's wrong fwhartive yes, i'm wealthy, i'm successful, i've worked really hard, made smart business decisions? i don't know why that's not embraced in some way. i think there must be a way to do that without coming across as, you know, i'm some arrogant, out-of-touch guy. >> i don't think it is a negative. we want a leader who's been successful. right now, the economy's the biggest issue, and it's going to continue to be, and this is someone who's been at the top of that world for a long time. so, i don't think it's a negative -- >> but it's painted as a negative for him, that he's out of touch -- >> i think the issue is his inability to be able to have a narrative that explains it, what you just said, that being successful in america is something many of us admire. >> want to do. >> but he hasn't been comfortable being able to create a narrative that expresses that idea. >> yes. >> the other thing that's

interesting, and jeff, you and i are friends. we've done a lot of work together. but the question to me is, is it because mitt has helped a lot of mormons

a loyal dog's the star of a new viral video. the labrador retriever -- charlie -- >> love this story. >> i'm thinking this may be charlie rose's favorite story. it's guarding the body of another dog. that's not such a good part of the story. but this black lab is amazing. this story has touched so many people. we'll go inside the battle to find that pup a home. and we'll look at the economic boost provided by "50 shades of gray." oh, my. at least in one category. we're going to make that a long story short today. you're watching "cbs this morning." watching "cbs this morning." "cbs this ♪

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as we looked around the web this morning, we found a few reasons to make a long story short. britain's "daily mail" has the story of an expensive parking accident at a miami hotel. you're looking at a $400,000 crash. yowza! somehow, a jeep landed on top of a maserati, then it hit a vintage porsche, and oh, yeah, the mini cooper was involved, too. the fingers are pointing at the parking valet, but there are conflicting reports on who was behind the wheel. if it was the valet, i'm thinking the tip is out of the question, and maybe, erica, he's looking for a job. >> yeah, might be out of a job. a new york politician has a shocking idea. the "daily news" reporting that eric adams wants to arm new york

city transit workers with tasers. he says it will allow them to protect themselves. transit workers were assaulted 94 times last year. >> i think they have to come up with something else. the "l.a. times" reports that "50 shades of gray," we talked about that book on the show. it's not just boosting book sales, the racy novel by e.l. james is boosting sales at sex shops, too. the staff at one west hollywood sex shop says new customers are coming in and asking for some products described in the book, erica, like what? >> i wouldn't know. i haven't read it. our miami station, cbs 4, shows us potato chips with a caffeinated kick. i don't get this, i have to say it. arma chips have vitamins and caffeine to give you a buzz like an energy drink. if you're looking to save calories, though, 290 calories per serving in these chips. by the way, an espresso has five. >> and they can't be better than barbecued lays, i'm just saying.

"the washington post" offers a rapper's delight. a hologram of 2 pack shackure with snoop dogg. this is a hit because of the response. we all know that tupac shakur died years ago, so to see him on stage in a hologram is a little eerie but also cool. they're considering going on tour with the virtual tupac. and "the huffington post" says a cincinnati woman has her voice back for the first time in 35 years. jan christian lost her voice in a car accident, but using theories from aerospace, doctors were able to rebuild her wind pipe and voice box. it's a big change for her and her family. she says "my husband probably thought he had it made, a woman who couldn't talk. but those days are over." and that's a long story short. >> i can't imagine any man who would want a wife who couldn't talk. can't imagine that. millions of hearts melted when we first saw this video,

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you may have seen a video that came out in california last week of a dog protecting another dog along a busy street. it was an incredible and moving display of affection. >> it really was. that video quickly spread around the world and now, though, as bill whitaker reports, the story has taken, well, an unexpected turn. >> there's friendship, there's loyalty, and then there's this. this black labrador, watching over the body of her friend,

killed as they crossed as be street outside of l.a. refusing to leave his side even as cars whizzed by. moved by the site, eric called animal control and put up cones to divert traffic. >> knowing that one of the dogs was still alive really got to me. it with as tear jerker. >> he shot this video. friends posted it on youtube where this somber individual jill went viral, drawing hundreds of thousands of hits. the loyal dog was taken to the animal shelter. she had no name, no tags so the animal shelter called her grace. >> we all want to be like that. if we don't want to be like that, we want a dog like that because that is the coolest dog ever. >> we'll have an update on that loyal labrador. >> l.a. media thought so. grace led local news. eric reynaga asked to adopt grace, after the five-day weight

period and she was spayed and given shots. he took her home, only to learn her name is maggie. her owners came to claim her. >> right after surgery, she's under anesthesia and she's coming out of it and shay called her maggie. she lifted her head up, she tried to stand and her tail went 100 miles an hour. >> reporter: eric reynaga is heartbroken. >> i don't want the dog in the same situation. >> reporter: the owners will face fines. they've learned a lesson about caring for their dog. perhaps we've all learned a lesson about loyalty. for "cbs this morning," bill whitaker in los angeles. >> as barkley's dad, owner of a black lab, you would say those dogs are very special. and i heard this morning, guys, as of this morning no one has come forward to claim the golden who had died. very sad. >> what do we know about the couple who owned the dog.

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the nimitz drop oakland. very slow in the northbound lanes. if you're traveling southbound through hayward, southbound 880 and whipple, there is a traffic a lawyer because two lanes are block in you can see sensors. >> a lot of gray around the skies today. fog and low clouds of sweat on short and some drizzle reported near the coast line. by the afternoon we will find more sunshine and a few high clouds moving overhead. temperatures right now in the 40's and 50's. '50s and '60s towards the coastline. the next couple of days this could get good as high pressure starts to build back into the bay area. on thursday we push 80 in the warm spots.

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these are some amazing new pictures of the sun as we play the song "walking on sunshine" showing a solar flare erupting on friday. this is actually described as a moderate eruption. very pretty. speaking of eruptions, nothing pretty about this. welcome back to "cbs this morning." i'm talking about the penn state sex scandal case. it was a complete shock to most

fans. >> but warning signs were ignored for years according to a book called "game over:jerry sandusky and the culture of silence." bill moushey and bob dvorchak joining us now. welcome. >> glad to be here. >> where is the case now? >> the trial is scheduled for mid-june, but there was a preliminary hearing says in december and that didn't come off too. so mr. sandusky is at home under house arrest, awaiting the trial. >> and the conspiracy of silence you suggest is what? >> one thing you take away from "game over" is how isolated penn state is in the middle of the valley, in the middle of the state, in the middle of nowhere, and there was this culture that kept everything inside that just could not put its hands around something of this magnitude happening at penn state. >> because joe paterno was god and joe paterno had created

great fame for penn state and his football team? >> absolutely. everything that penn state has is at the base, joe paterno brought it there. he helped develop the entire program and he basically ran the institution and had pretty much say over everything including when he decided he might leave and who was doing be hired after him. >> that's why it's so hard, bill and bob, that joe pateryn know, also known as joe pa, didn't know, as much as he says he didn't know -- i had a nephew that went to penn state. i said, cameron, he had to know. he said, no, aunt gayle. he didn't know. he didn't know. he knew when one of his plaerers got a ticket out of state and what the light bill is. it's inconceivable he didn't know. what do you think after the research you did? >> no coach has ever been

exalted more than coach paterno but no coach has ever fallen so far, so fast. if you look at what he said he didn't know and what happened, that sandusky was gone a year after that '98 investigation without a news release, without the grand farewell befitting an icon on his staff and everything that transpired afterward. >> was he told it was a little horseplay in the shower or was he told it was something really speflk and graphic and sexual in nature? >> exactly. that's one of the things that's just so perplexing about it. it's a tragedy of shakespearean proportions in that joe was told something but the assistant made sure he knew exactly what he was talking about and he knew, so it

boggles the mind on how deep it goes. >> what's interesting to me is whether you make knowledge on one incident or should he have known about jerry sandusky and it's believable that he did not and that no one in that community had ever said anything to him about a coach that worked under him? >> yeah. it's almost impossible to believe that he did not know. that he did not know there was an investigation in 1998 and jerry sandusky was gone a year later. a tlnld was another incident in 2000 2002 he was told about at his kitchen table. if you don't connect the dots, you're trying to avoid the situation. >> what does it say about joe, if he knew? >> joe will always be remembered as a great coach, a leader of men, that football players loved him. there will always be that one lapse, judgment that will define

his life's legacy. >> he said it as so. i wish i would have done more. >> you pointed out -- number one, you did this book in record speed. ten weeks. i'm imagining you didn't have a lot with the cone of silence. >> we had. we had more people hang the phone up on us, nobody returning calls. nonetheless, we find a hundred people who told us stories about what was going on and i this inch we got the story straight. >> let's talk about jerry sandusky for a second. they say he was a popular coach, didn't swear, didn't curse, didn't smoke, that he was a pretender, that he loved children and he would never hurt them, and they believed that about him. some people did. >> if you were to draup on the blackboard, the ultimate pedophile, you start with a sports icon who founds a charity. he's known as the male mother

teresa of central pennsylvania. his children is known. it's a per, perfect disguise snanld you used the word pedophile, sexual pretty tore. >> there are ten young men who have made damning allegations against jerry sandusky, and, of cours course. i've never seen a case that was as expansive as this that didn't come -- end up with some kind of conviction. >> what's going to hack to mike mcqueary? he's the graduate assistant who made the discovery. i know he's suspended with pay. >> correct. he was penn state born and bread. grew up there, played football, always wanted to be on joe pa

t per noe's staff and he talked about it. >> where is he now? >> he's still on staff but his house is on sale. >> many have put the bad label on mike mcqueary because of actually knowing about it in 2002 but not coming forward. he was very certain, very emphatic, and was not beat up at all. >> very believable as a witness. >> according to some. >> even if he waited eight years to report. the name of the book, "game over." john cusack is here. say u him in the green room. he said edgar allan poe is a role of a lifetime. he plays a 19th century righter

in a movie called "the raven." jo

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>> we must assume miss hamilton is still alive. >> why? because it's more convenient to do so. >> why am i to blame? where were these officers last night? where were you? he told me he was coming. >> mr. poe, listen to me. this killer is methodical. he's coming. he'll keep you alive to keep him alive. >> it's creepy. this is called "the ravenen." he's played many memorable roles to risky roles. >> john cusack is here in the studio. welcome. >> hi, how are you. nice to see you.

>> what's the attraction of poe? >> oh, i think to play a literary giant and an icon like that would be any -- he's such a complicated person. >> i was going to say, he's a coom employ indicated dude. scary. >> we take the genre to some of the super natural stories. he influenced vern. he's the godfather of gothic horror. >> you got my atemg when you said it's the role of a lifetime. did it scare you a little bit to play him? >> he was also somebody very attracted to the abyss. he was one of these guys who was a pioneer, so he thought whatever your nightmare is, run twartd. those kind of people are fascinating to think about. they're such odd people. i wouldn't personally walk around graveyards at night.

>> good to know. >> that was quite a space to work in. did it get crazy. >> it was in serbia. to give him a little credit, he did have a lot of tragedy in husband light. he lost his mother and then he lost his -- then he lost his stepmother and then he lost his wife all to tuberculosis. he used to say tuberculosis was the family disease. so he sort of had a lot of sorrow and pain that turned into these horrors and he was very adept at knowing what everybody's never oh cease and fears were like a lot of the greats. >> it sounds like you've gotten a lot it into. >> the good news is nobody had phones back then so they all wrote letters so a lot of the letters are still there. you can read the letters to his

father and his wife. and there's great buy graeiogrb >> you know what's so cool about you? >> i don't know what's so cool about me, but i'm glad. >> i'll tell you. i have a list right here. what's so cool about john cusack. number one, you're from chicago. i love all things, chicago. but when you say john cusack has been doing this for 30 years. i still think of you as a really young guy. >> well, i feel kind of old. >> how old are you? >> 35. >> i've been doing this for 30 years. >> i go, listens you're not old. do you get a kick out of your career and go, i've had a really good life. >> i try to remember i'm a ridiculously lucky person. a lot of the heres i had growing up in film and theater, i've had a chance to work with.

i had a chance to work with paul newman or gene hackman and morgan freeman. >> did you learn something every time? >> oh, yeah, just the way they carry themselves. i'm really lucky. >> and your sister. >> yeah. i got to work with my sister. >> your sister, joan. >> yeah. >> did you enjoy that experience working with your sister? i often one wonder what that's like. i love them but i can't imagine working with them. >> what makes it difficult? >> i don't know. they say i'm bossy, charlie. imagine that. >> a lot of times i just give into the fact if i'm on screen with her she's going to run me over, so you just sort of give it to her because she's the one with all the talent in the family. >> it's important to know your place, especially with your

sister. >> i heard you do cullty well. "say anything" always comes back. >> do you like that movie? >> i do. if people remember something you did 25 years ago, i won't argue with them. >> longevity has its rewards. >> the fact that people bring it up 20 years later, it's pretty nice. >> following the political race this year. >> yeah. >> what are you thinking? >> i don't know. i feel like there's some kind of rubicon line issues that i hope are addressed that don't have to do with left and right and some of those issues. some of the issues that the obama administration has with due process and the assassination of american citizens. i think it's deeply troubling. it's beyond left and right from

a civil libertarian point of view. the excesses of the bush administration, i think he had a constitutional obligation to correct that and i don't think they have, and i think that's deeply troubling for my nephews and for my future. >> meaning you expected more from the president and the attorney general. >> yeah. i don't think the executive branch, i don't think they've continued the empirical impression. i thought that speech about the assassination of american citizens in the name of terrorism is very, very troubling. >> great to soo you. >> great to see you. >> you too. >> john cusack. "the raven" opens in theater, next friday. old fishing gear floats on the ocean and it is killing wailing anddolphins. one man is doing his best to stop it. we'll show you how. you're watching "cbs this

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deep sea fishermen aren't usually looking to land a whale, but the fishing line and nets they leave behind are often to blame for a huge loss of ocean life. according to one estimate, abandoned fishing gear kill more than 300,000 whales and dolphins every year. john blackstone looks at one man trying to turn that around. >> reporter: on captain dave anderson's whale-watching boat, the mission goes beyond giving

tourists an adventure. anderson is also on the lookout for whales that are in trouble. ha tan gelled in old fishing gear. though almost invisible, fishing gear can injury or kill a 40-ton whale. photographs of humpback whales analyzed for government reports found half had signs of injuries from fishing gear. anderson says other studies indicate the problem is even g bigg bigger. >> we have a thousand whales and dolphins dying every day and this is not sustainable. >> reporter: so anderson rescues whales and dolphins wrapped in fishing gear. do that he has permission to get close to them to do that. >> he's heading toward you. >> it's a big safety issue you have to take into account.

it's definitely not for the light-hearted. >> reporter: the recent rescue at dana point shows what a tough job it can be. the whale had fishing gear all around his tail. >> every time he's moving around with his tail flukes the netting is chafing against his skin, you can see deep grooves. >> reporter: the first task for anderson's team is to attack markers to it. a two-day high-speed chase followed. finally the rescuers got close enough to start cutting the net away. >> right there. >> she stopped. >> we haven't heard that before. >> reporter: the fishing gear had cotta lot more than the great whale. >> there was a sea lion, two leopard sharks, an angel shark, a bunch of crab, squid eggs. the whole ecosystem in that netting. >> reporter: but the rescue don't always have a happy

ending. anderson wrote a book about trying to save a gray whale named willy. >> i know i cried. >> so far, no problems. i'm not seeing anything. now i can get a good look. his body's nice and smooth. no sign of any injuries. >> reporter: for "cbs this morning," john blackstone in los angeles. good for the captain. >> really good for the captain. what's so upsetting is that doesn't have to happen. if somebody was being more diligent in cleaning up their grab, that wouldn't have to happen. i'm not a big fishing person as you might have gathered but i think that's so sad. >> it's awful. and the one net that had the entire ecosystem. it's incredit tobl think of all of that and that's one example. >> are you a fisherman, charlie? >> i occasionally go deep sea fishing.

if you cash fish, it's a very good and exciting thing to do. >> do you clean up after ,,

>> good morning. police in santa clara county say crime lab results are yielding potential clues and the disappearance of sierra lamar. morgan hill teenager has been missing since march 16th. detectives are pursuing leads from tests on her cell phone and a bag of clothing found near her home soon after she vanished. the coast guard says the window of survivability has passed for four people missing since a yacht accident west of the bay area which is why the search has been suspended indefinitely. the boat crashed after running into big waves saturday. three people survived and the coast guard recovered the body of the captain. the other four are missing and presumed dead. >> we start out a little gray

around the bay area this morning with fog extending on shore. some drizzle on the coastline as well. the clouds will be breaking up shortly and we will see a lot of clouds and sunshine. i pressure holding,, the rain will stay north of the bay area so we will continue to be dried the next five-seven days. we are in for some of the nicest whether we have seen all season long. 60s and low 70 showing up in the valley. low clouds and fog but the next couple of days the high pressure begins to build in and the temperatures warm up a little bit tomorrow and much more on thursday. come friday and saturday we have mid-80s inland, temperatures in the '70s in side debate. then we cool off on sunday and monday.

>> just when we start to see some thinning out behind the eight gates of the bay bridge we have a multi vehicle crash coming in just pass the metering lights so it is starting to stack up again. at least a 15 minute wait or so once you get past treasure island. only a couple of other ascham it accidents but things are really slow on the nimitz. at one point, two lanes were blocked. beyond the 238, also northbound

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